German traffic watch

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Lectern with the DVW logo (from 2016) at the 2017 annual general meeting in Würzburg

The Deutsche Verkehrswacht e. V. (DVW) is a recognized non-profit association in the field of traffic education and information.

Member of the German traffic watch in action

History and structure

The association was founded on November 3, 1924 in Berlin , was banned between 1933 and 1945 and was constituted on December 13, 1950 as Bundesverkehrswacht e. V. new. The association has been based in Bonn since 1950 . In July 2009 the office moved from Bonn to Berlin.

The organization is supported by around 60,000 volunteer members, who are organized in 630 local, regional and roundabout patrols, which in turn are distributed over 16 state traffic patrols.

On the initiative of the DVW and with the support of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure , the economy and private donors, programs and measures to increase road safety are created and implemented.

In the premises of the Kieler Verkehrsaktiengesellschaft , over 100 men, including many professional drivers, are recognized as "proven drivers" (1975)

Among the actions carried out by the DVW include programs for preschool children in child care centers and nursery schools , information campaigns for young drivers, programs for older road users, local bike day, the instrumental from the Association of the Automotive Industry funded student piloting the assessment carried out jointly with the motor vehicle industry action light test , Programs for school traffic education, the traffic cadets and for many years the television series The 7th Sense . Are carried out u. a. Driving safety training. There is also an award as a proven driver for "normal" drivers, professional drivers and tram drivers.

The magazine mobil und Sicherheits has been providing information six times a year since 1994 on topics in the areas of traffic safety, traffic education, traffic psychology, traffic policy, traffic technology, traffic law, accident research, traffic and the environment. In addition, a “mobile and safe” competition has been held annually since 2000 for all local traffic guards on road safety campaigns.

Committed to European goals beyond the national horizon, DVW joined the European Road Safety Charter of the European Commission in 2005 .

Self-image and goal setting

The aim of the Deutsche Verkehrswacht is to promote road safety in the voluntary work of committed members and on their own initiative on site, to conduct traffic education and awareness, to prevent traffic accidents through suitable measures, to represent the interests of all road users in sufficient safety in road traffic , members and to advise authorities on questions of road safety and to include environmental protection issues in their work.

The Deutsche Verkehrswacht is committed to Vision Zero , the ideal of accident-free road traffic in which there are no more traffic victims.

Honor - Proven driver -

Award - 50 years of proven drivers

The Deutsche Verkehrswacht has been honoring proven drivers with an award since 1952. The requirements for this are (extract):

  • no entries in the traffic register
  • no judicial convictions in connection with driving a motor vehicle
  • no withdrawal of driving license or driving ban.

The award of Proven Drivers takes place on application in six stages:

  • Bronze : 10 years of driving time
  • Silver : 20 years of driving time
  • Silver with oak wreath : 25 years of driving time
  • Gold : 30 years of driving time
  • Gold with an oak wreath : 40 years of driving time
  • Golden Laurel Leaf : 50 years of driving time

Members

Among the members are according to their own listing

Presidium and Board of Directors

The following are currently represented in the Presidium:

  • Kurt Bodewig , President of the Deutsche Verkehrswacht e. V., Federal Minister of Transport a. D.
  • Heiner Bartling , Vice President, President of the Lower Saxony State Traffic Watch, former State Minister. D.,
  • Jürgen Brauckmann , Vice President, President of the Landesverkehrswacht Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V.
  • Rainer Genilke , Member of the Bundestag, Vice President, President of the Brandenburg State Transport Authority V.
  • Hans-Joachim Hacker , Vice President, President of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Transport Authority
  • Gudrun Lukin , Member of the Bundestag, Vice-President, Chairwoman of the Thuringia State Transport Authority
  • Gabriele Pappai , Vice President, spokeswoman for the management of the Unfallkasse in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Horst Schneider, Vice President, Chairman of the TÜV SÜD Foundation
  • Siegfried Brockmann , Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of DVW, Head of Accident Research for Insurers (UDV)

This group of people and other representatives from the regional associations form the board. Daniel Schüle is the managing director.

Social performance

The Deutsche Verkehrswacht e. V. can be seen as a pioneer and trailblazer of today's traffic education in Germany:

Founded in 1924 as a non-profit citizens' initiative, it was already active decades before academic pedagogy recognized the social importance of traffic education and the general education schools were given it by politicians in 1972 as an interdisciplinary educational mandate to improve the roadworthiness of children, young people and adults. The “traffic knowledge”, initially operated very pragmatically as practical traffic instruction and rule teaching, was primarily born and justified from the urgent need to prevent accidents. The main concern was to curb the number of accidents among children, which is increasing every year with the rapidly growing motorization, and to lower the risks of road traffic, especially for the particularly endangered school starters. With this aim in mind, the children were trained, parents were educated, drivers were regularly made aware of the problem (especially at the beginning of the school year), and politicians, town planners and motor vehicle associations were urged to take action. They went public with brochures, parents 'letters, courses, awareness-raising measures, demonstrations, their own magazine (“mobile and safe”), and increasingly involved the police, parents' associations, local politicians, car clubs, industrial companies and school administrations in joint responsibility. The training of school guides, school bus attendants, moderators, and specialist advisors created a multiplier system that promoted the awareness of shared responsibility. In the meantime, more than 800 youth traffic schools with just as many traffic training areas , regular competitions, pedestrian and cycling tests , advertising campaigns, badges and awards made the importance of good traffic education known to the public. Organizationally, a comprehensive network of non-profit associations was created at the federal, state and local levels. There is still regular international exchange today, for example with similar associations in the neighboring countries of Austria and Switzerland.

The achievement of the integration of universities and schools in traffic education with the first KMK recommendation from 1972 and the associated breakthrough in the development of a fully valid, generally recognized field of education must be attributed to a large extent to the initiative and the efforts of the German Traffic Guard. The recommendations of the education ministers, updated in 1994 and 2012, did not lead to a uniform harmonization of road safety education across the country, but to a large extent to successful cooperation between the responsible bodies. Deutsche Verkehrswacht has played a major role in this.

literature

  • German traffic watch (ed.): Mobile and safe - the traffic watch magazine . Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck, every two months since 1994.
  • Dieter Hohenadel: Education and traffic reality . 2nd edition, Braunschweig 1986.
  • Kultusministerkonferenz der Länder (KMK) (Hrsg.): Recommendations on traffic education in schools. Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education of July 7, 1972 as amended on June 17, 1994 . Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Culture of the Federal States in the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn 1994.
  • Siegbert A. Warwitz: Traffic education from the child. Perceive-play-think-act . 6th edition. Schneider-Verlag, Baltmannsweiler 2009, ISBN 978-3-8340-0563-2 .
  • Traffic Education on the Move - Trends in Traffic Education in the Federal Republic of Germany . Lecture at the annual general meeting of the Board of Trustees for Road Safety Vienna on November 9, 2000 in Wels / Austria, Vienna 2001.
  • Aspects of a contemporary traffic education . Lecture on the 50th anniversary of Landesverkehrswacht e. V. Karlsruhe by Siegbert A. Warwitz on June 30, 2001 in Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2002.

Web links

Commons : Deutsche Verkehrswacht  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German traffic watch. - Award-Proven-Driver Accessed on February 10, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Aspects of a modern traffic education . Lecture on the 50th anniversary of Landesverkehrswacht e. V. Karlsruhe by Siegbert A. Warwitz on June 30, 2001 in Karlsruhe
  3. ↑ Recommendations for traffic education in schools. Resolution of the Standing Conference of 7 July 1972 i. d. F. dated June 17, 1994 . Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Culture of the Federal States in the Federal Republic of Germany. Bonn 1994
  4. ↑ Dieter Hohenadel: Education and traffic reality . 2nd edition, Braunschweig 1986
  5. ^ Deutsche Verkehrswacht (Ed.): Mobile and safe , Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck
  6. ^ Siegbert A. Warwitz: Traffic education on the move - tendencies of traffic education in the Federal Republic of Germany . Wels / Austria, 2009.
  7. ^ Siegbert A. Warwitz: The task field of traffic education . In: Ders .: Traffic education from the child. Perceive-play-think-act . 6th edition. Baltmannsweiler 2009, pp. 4-34.